Panicum sect. Agrostoidea

(Nash) C.C. Hsu
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 475.

Plants perennial; cespitose. Culms soft, somewhat compressed. Ligules membranous, papery, often erose, with or without cilia. Panicles open to contracted, with many, more or less appressed spikelets; branches narrow, nearly simple; pedicels 0.1-3 mm, crowded, somewhat secund. Spikelets long-ellipsoid, acute. Lower glumes 1/3 – 2/3 as long as the spikelets, 3-veined; upper glumes and lower lemmas 5-veined, strongly keeled along the midveins; lower florets sterile; lower paleas small; upper florets smooth, shiny, with an apical tuft of prickly hairs, x = 9.

Discussion

Panicum sect. Agrostoidea includes about four species, one of which is found in the Flora region.

Selected References

None.

"decumbent" is not a number."varying" is not a number.

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puberulent +
acute +, obtuse +, rounded +  and attenuate +
anatomy +  and kranz +
Robert W. Freckmann +  and Michel G. Lelong +
(Nash) C.C. Hsu +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
disarticulating +  and pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
filiform +  and ovate flat +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not developed +
terete +  and compressed +
sometimes longer +
small green +
branched +  and simple +
ascending +  and erect +
compressed +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
woody +  and hard +
Conn. +, N.H. +, R.I. +, N.C. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Ala. +, Fla. +, W.Va. +, Mich. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Iowa +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Maine +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Mass. +, Vt. +, Wyo. +, Puerto Rico +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Ind. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Pa. +, Va. +, Ark. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Ky. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Tenn. +, S.C. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Mo. +, Ga. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Ohio +, Virgin Islands +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +  and Sask. +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +
unequal +
membranous +
well-developed +
uncinate +
Oval (?) +  and Round (?) +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
hollow +  and solid +
coriaceous +
papery +  and membranous +
inconspicuous +
1/3 +  and 2/3 +
acuminate +, acute +  and truncate +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
subterranean +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
in triplets +  and paired +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
acute +  and long-ellipsoid +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Panicum sect. Agrostoidea +
Panicum subg. Agrostoidea +
section +
membranous +
stipitate +  and sessile +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rugose +  and verrucose +
chartaceous-indurate +  and rigid +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +